Question

Shampoo can be bought in 5 gallon pails. The groomer uses 16 ounce bottles to to hold the shampoo. How many bottles can he get out of the 5 gallon pail?

Answer 1

The groomer can get 40 bottles out of the 5 gallon pail.

Explanation:

A gallon contains 128oz (ounces)

128/16=8

8 bottles/gallon

times both sides by 5

40 bottles/5 gallons

Therefore the groomer can get 40 bottles out of the 5 gallon pail